Harm Reduction

Harm Reduction Kits

Location of Lock Box
image of sharps box and harm reduction lockbox
What is in the Lock Box?
  • Harm Reduction Kits
  • Safe(r) use pamphlets
  • Sharps Disposal Containers
  • Hygiene Kits
    • Soap
    • Toothbrush
    • Toothpaste
    • Comb
 What's in a Harm Reduction Kit?
  • Antiseptic Wipes
  • Antibiotic Ointment
  • Bandages
  • Rubber Gloves
  • Gauze Pads
  • Bleach
Purpose of the Harm Reduction Kits:

If you are using needles, we encourage you to properly dispose of your needles after single use utilizing a sharps container provided in the lockbox for free. The harm reduction kit contains bottles of bleach and sterilization instructions if you are in a position where single use needles and syringes is not feasible. Once your sharps containers is full feel free to dispose of the container by placing it in the red sharps disposal unit next to the lockbox. 

Sharps Disposal:

Used needles and syringes should be thrown away utilizing sharps containers, which are provided for free in the lockbox. Please take a small black sharps disposal container to use. We encourage individuals who do not have a sharps container on hand to reuse common hard containers such as laundry detergent bottles, tins, or other common thick disposable containers with lids when disposing of needles. Please dispose of full containers by utilizing the red sharps disposal unit next to the lockbox. 

Additional Harm Reduction Resources:

Find FREE Naloxone (Narcan) through Naloxone Iowa without a prescription.

  • Johnson County Public Health's ITS division is a direct distributor of Narcan & Kloxxado. Our staff can provide Narcan as well as administration trainings by appointment or walk-in.
  • Talk to a pharmacist directly and ask for naloxone. Click here to see a list of participating pharmacies across Johnson County. (Call ahead to ensure available.) 

*Naloxone, often referred to by its brand name Narcan, can reverse an overdose and save a life.*

Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition has many services and resources to help people who use or inject drugs.

Mental Health and Substance Use Walk In Clinic at UIHC

UIHC MAT Clinic MAT is the combination of medications to treat addiction along with counseling and behavioral therapies.

Where to Go for Healthcare, How to Pay for Healthcare, How to Prepare for Healthcare Appt, etc.

How to Clean Your Syringe/Como limpiar sus jeringas

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Getting Off Right: A Safety Manual for Injection Drug Users 

Safe(r) Drug Use 101 

PrEP Iowa

Next Distro – Stay Alive, Stay Safe

Iowa’s Good Samaritan Law encourages those who witness a drug overdose to stay and call 911, rather than running out of fear of prosecution.